Last Monday, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe made some eye-opening claims regarding Unidentified Flying Objects or UFOs. When asked on Fox News about an upcoming Pentagon report on the subject, Ratcliffe confirmed that the U.S. government had...
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back to archiveSeven anti-choice abortion bills advance in Texas Senate
On Monday, the Texas Senate advanced seven anti-choice bills, which are now likely headed to the Texas House. Enacting anti-abortion legislation is a major priority for Republicans in Texas, even though six weeks ago millions of Texans lost power and water due to a...
At legislature, Texas leaders prioritize voter suppression over real needs of Texans
According to a recent study, Texas is the hardest place to vote in the entire country. Among other reasons, we have no online voter registration, only a fraction of Texans have the right to vote by mail, and 750 polling places were closed between 2013 and 2019,...
Republicans take political theater and fear-mongering to the border
Republicans in Texans have increasingly escalated their rhetoric blaming the Biden administration for an increase in people crossing the border into the United States. This weekend, the two Senators from Texas led a delegation to the border and fanned the flames even...
How far are Texas Republicans willing to go?
A public hearing over House Bill 6, one of the most suppressive election-related bills this session, ended abruptly Thursday after Elections Committee Chair and bill author Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) screwed up a procedural rule. Cain called a recess without...
Could Kentucky’s bipartisan election reform be a model for Texas?
In the wake of Trump’s 2020 loss and the subsequent Big Lie about widespread voter fraud, many Republican-controlled state governments are doing everything they can to restrict voting rights in ways that will allow them to stay in power. In Texas, Republicans are...
Texas Republicans take aim at local worker protections with major deregulation bill
Texas Republicans in the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce were giddy with excitement Tuesday afternoon over Senate Bill 14, a massive deregulation bill that would prohibit local governments from passing or enforcing laws that create basic protections for...
Biden administration planning $3 trillion economic recovery package
The Biden administration plans on going big yet again. After passing a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, the White House is now planning an additional $3 trillion package as part of its “Build Back Better” agenda. First reported by the New York Times, the sweeping plan...
MOVE Texas launches ad campaign against Abbott’s ‘election integrity’ bills
MOVE Texas, a nonpartisan voter registration group, announced Monday they would be launching a six-figure ad campaign against Senate Bill 7 and House Bill 6, Gov. Greg Abbott’s pick for “election integrity” legislation to pass this session. “As Texas struggles...